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Yea, not very scientific. Seems like ultrasonic tests would be good here. I think they do something similar to check welds on ships.
by Justin_K 7y ago
Yea, not very scientific. Seems like ultrasonic tests would be good here. I think they do something similar to check welds on ships.
- nickff 7y agoUltrasound inspection is very common for multi-layer composite construction. There are large machines which transmit the ultrasound through a water jet, for use in mapping the characteristics of curved surfaces. This water jet ultrasound non-destructive testing (NDT) is used in aerospace for carbon laminates. That said, 'tapping' is an acoustic inspection technique, and can get good results. I am not sure why they selected the manual option, but they probably have a reason.
- jandrese 7y agoThey're probably having the guy hit it with a mallet and listen for voids because they're a Mickey Mouse operation by aerospace standards. Plus this is a model so if something does go catastrophically wrong it at least won't kill anybody, probably.
- NickNameNick 7y agoIt's a demonstrator, not a model - It has space for 2 test pilots.
- vonseel 7y agoThey show some portable ultrasonic pictures on the build link someone posted above[1] (reposted here for clarity). [1] https://boomsupersonic.com/xb-1/build https://boomsupersonic.com/xb-1/build
- trhway 7y agoyes, ultrasound on ship welds, and if i remember correctly - on some forged and other way fabricated/processed parts too. X-ray on even more important stuff like nuclear plant welds ("China Syndrome" has nice depiction around it).
- TheSpiceIsLife 7y agoWe do mostly structural steel at work. Some jobs require all welds to be inspected using ultrasound and magnetic particle tests, so we weld to that standard pretty much all the time on every job.